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In the early days of #UriPosteJukeBox, we received a request for the slow movement of Beethoven’s tenth and final violin sonata. Daunted by the idea of including what is one of the most perfect chamber works ever written, we found many an excuse to put it off: the piano was too out of tune to do it justice; it felt unnatural to take a movement of a late Beethoven sonata out of context, especially as it ends on an unresolved chord; it’s impossible not to feel a weight of responsibility with these iconic pieces; etc. etc. etc. But at the end of the day, it’s music, like everything else we’ve played. We’re taught from such an early age to be reverent, afraid, and even filled with guilt, daring to tackle the pieces which for so long have been the core of what is considered the canon of Western classical music. People talk about Beethoven being a great casualty of the coronavirus — this year is his 250th birthday, and festivals and concerts featuring wall-to-wall Beethoven have been cancelled. I feel strongly that he is NOT the composer most in need of extra advocacy, during his centenary years or any other; his music is played and heard all over the world every day of every year (rightly so, of course), and both Tom and I often wish such celebratory programming efforts could be redirected to highlight unfairly neglected composers. That said, this piece is heavenly. So here — with all our human imperfections — is the Adagio from Beethoven’s final sonata for piano and violin, left unresolved…